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Police are currently looking for a burglar who broke into a Jacksonville home this week. While in the home, the burglar made brownies, surfed the Internet, took a nap in one of the beds, and left with a gun belonging to the homeowner.

According to a Jacksonville police report, a nearby neighbor decided to check on the house when he spotted the burglar, who then fled the house with the gun.

The report also states the burglar broke in by getting inside an unlocked car and activating the garage door.

California resident Sam Wolanyk stripped down to his underwear when going through security in a Chicago airport.

“I just wanted to get to my destination with some of my dignity still intact,” Wolanyk said.

He said his action was no a sign of protest to the TSA procedures. He said he understood that TSA had a job to do, but he didn’t want to be seen nude in a screening or be ‘felt up’ by a stranger, so stripping was the next best alternative.

Instead of passing through, however, he was arrested He was pulled aside by police and is now facing possible charges and legal troubles. Wolanyk said it was worth it.

While this story is awfuly humorous, I don’t really see the logic in it. But oh well. I think this won’t be the last crazy story we hear concerning the new TSA policies. In fact, another story aired today regarding a woman who got completely nude on an airplane. Crazy stuff!

A New York teacher was suspended and fined for allegedly using an inappropriate word in his classroom last year. Now, the teacher, Carlos Garica, is sueing the city.

Garcia was suspended from his Manhattan classroon last year and fined $15,000 for using the Spanish word “cono” in his classroom.

The debate is still undergo at this time, but the majority of the argument is surrounding the interpretation of the word.

The city argues that the direct translation of the word is a slang word for female genitals, however, many others say that the word has a different meaning depending on how it is used.

The debate is still under way.

My opinion? The teacher shouldn’t have used the word if it is already controversial. But suspending the teacher and fining him seems to be a bit much. A smaller punishment would have sufficed, and then the teacher would not be raising such havoc in the city.

Recent developments show that many afghan women have started burning themselves in hopes to escape life with their abusive husbands.

In Herat, Afghanistan, women have a reputation for self-immolation, a regional trend, according to doctors there. In a hospital there, there are 54 beds reserved for women such as these.

Dr. Ghafar Khan Bawar, a reconstructive surgeon, works in Herat to look after and help these women.

Some of them are as young as 18 years old. Some of them have children; but they have come to these desperate measures in hopes to escape their home lives. However, many Afghan burn victims have said that surviving their suicide attempts is worse than life with their husbands.

Maria Bashir, Afghanistan’s first female chief prosecutor, is currently working on passing a law to help protect women such as theses and prosecute husbands that abuse their wives.

Hopefully, lawmakers like Bashir will be able to stop abusive men from their menacing, horrific acts of violence against their wives. I can only pray that one day women in countries like Afghanistan can experience the God-given freedom that we have in America.

Country legend Willie Nelson was arrested for possession of marijuana in Sierra Blanca, Texas.

Six ounces of marijuana were found inside his tour bus on Friday. Patrol spokesman Bill Brooks said an officer smelled pot when a door was opened and a search confirmed the marijuana.

Nelson was among three people arrested for possession according to Brooks.

Nelson was held briefly a $2,500 bond before being released.

Nelson’s spokeperson Elaine Schock refused to comment when asked by the Associated Press.

I find it amusing that this story is on the news today, seeing as how it’s definitely not anything we haven’t seen before. It isn’t the first time, and I’m sure it won’t be the last in my opinion. Maybe someday Nelson will learn his lesson!

I think it’s a shame that more and more Americans were out shopping instead of spending time with their families today, but that doesn’t really surprise me as we continue to advance in today’s consumer-driven society.